Neural

{tiu’-ral) [vevpov, nerve]. Pertaining to nerves or nervous ti ue. N. Arch, the part of the vertebra that encloses the spinal cord, formed by the two neurapophyses. N. Axis, the spinal cord. N. Canal. I. The dorsal tube of the embryo, formed tinued. Distribution. Branches. Tympanic plexus, and Tympanum. communicating. Articular, muscular, Muscles, shoulder joint and wrist-joint, palmar cutaneous, and skin of little dorsal, superior pal finger. mar, deep palmar. Utricle and ampullae of the semicircular canals. Sphenomaxillary fosus. sa, and posterior part of upper nasal meatby the union of the dorsal folds and constituting the earliest traces of the nervous system. 2. The bony canal comprising the cavity of the cranium and vertebral column, which in the vertebrate animals contains the central nervous system. It is situated dorsad, the hemal canal, enclosing the heart, etc., being ventrad. See Canal, Hemal. N. Groove, the medullary groove. N. Lamina, the lateral portion of the neural arch of a vertebra. 444